2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship

The 2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship season was the 13th Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) season.

2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship
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Richard Göransson won the championship by seven points.

Drivers

These were the STCC entries for the 2008 season. Entrants with numbers 90 and above also competed in the privateer competition known as Semcon Cup. All teams were Swedish-registered.

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
WestCoast Racing / BMW Dealer Team BMW 320si E90 1 Fredrik Ekblom D All
6 Robin Rudholm D All
Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing Volvo C30 2 Robert Dahlgren D All
9 Tommy Rustad D 1-8,10-11
Flash Engineering BMW 320si E90 3 Richard Göransson D All
5 Jan "Flash" Nilsson D All
Honda Racing Honda Accord Euro R 4 Thed Björk D All
7 Tomas Engström D All
Nordic Fine Art SEAT León 8 Roger Eriksson D All
Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 14 Tommy Kristoffersson D 1-4,8-11
15 Alexander Lvov D 2-3,6-7,9-11
CMS Team Sweden Audi A4 17 Andreas Simonsen D 5
MA:GP Alfa Romeo 156 20 Mattias Andersson D All
IPS Motorsport Peugeot 308 21 Johan Stureson D All
Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden Chevrolet Lacetti 22 Thomas Schie D All
Elgh Motorsport BMW 320si E90 28 Carl Rosenblad D 1-2,5,7,9,11
Brovallen Motorsport Mercedes C200 90 Tobias Johansson S 1,3-11
Team Caliber BMW 320i E46 93 Dick Sahlén S All
Team Nya Åkeriet Örebro BMW 320i E46 94 Mikael Eklund S 7
Huggare Racing BMW 320i E46 96 Viktor Huggare S 1-5,7,11
BMS Event BMW 320i E46 97 Joakim Ahlberg S 1-2,5-11
Tysslinge Racing BMW 320i E46 95 Tobias Tegelby S 4
Brandt Racing Volvo S60 99 Ronnie Brandt S 4,11
Icon Class
D Drivers' Championship
S Semcon Cup

Race Calendar

The calendar for the 2008 season were as follows:[1]

Round Circuit Date
1 Ring Knutstorp 20 April
2 Sturup Raceway 4 May
3 Mantorp Park 18 May
4 Karlskoga Motorstadion 1 June
5 Göteborg City Race 14 June
6 Sturup Raceway 29 June
7 Falkenbergs Motorbana 13 July
8 Karlskoga Motorstadion 17 August
9 Ring Knutstorp 31 August
10 Vålerbanen 14 September
11 Mantorp Park (Grande Finale) 28 September

Results and standings

Drivers' Championship

The drivers' championship 2008 was won by Richard Göransson.[2]

Pos. Driver KNU
 STU
 MAN
 KAR
 GÖT
 STU
 FAL
 KAR
 KNU
 VÅL
 MAN
 Pts
1 Richard Göransson 1 5 6 1 9 1 4 3 1 3 6 67
2 Fredrik Ekblom 2 1 3 Ret 3 5 1 2 9 12 2 60
3 Thed Björk 9 3 1 6 1 3 Ret 1 7 5 3 57
4 Robin Rudholm 3 4 5 2 6 4 2 9 2 8 14 48
5 Robert Dahlgren Ret 13 4 5 Ret 13 7 5 3 1 1 41
6 Jan "Flash" Nilsson 6 7 7 3 7 7 6 8 5 6 10 28
7 Thomas Schie 8 Ret 8 4 2 8 15 Ret 8 4 5 26
8 Tomas Engström 4 10 16 Ret 4 6 9 Ret 4 7 8 21
9 Tommy Rustad 10 Ret 2 Ret 5 10 5 6 DSQ Ret 19
10 Johan Stureson Ret 6 10 Ret Ret 2 8 7 Ret Ret 4 19
11 Mattias Andersson 5 2 Ret 10 DNS 14 12 4 Ret DNS 11 17
12 Roger Eriksson 7 Ret 11 8 Ret 9 Ret 11 Ret 2 7 13
13 Carl Rosenblad DSQ 8 10 3 Ret 18 7
14 Tommy Kristoffersson Ret 9 9 9 10 6 Ret 17 3
15 Tobias Johansson 11 12 7 8 12 10 12 10 9 9 3
16 Dick Sahlén 12 12 13 11 12 11 13 14 11 13 12 0
17 Joakim Ahlberg 13 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 Ret 11 15 0
18 Viktor Huggare Ret 11 14 12 Ret 11 13 0
19 Alexander Lvov Ret 15 Ret Ret 12 10 Ret 0
20 Ronnie Brandt Ret 16 0
21 Andreas Simonsen 11 0
22 Tobias Tegelby 13 0
23 Mikael Eklund 14 0
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Teams' Championship
Pos Team Pts
1 West Coast Racing / BMW Dealer Team 108
2 Flash Engineering 96
3 Honda Racing 78
4 Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing 60
5 Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden 26
6 IPS Motorsport 19
7 MA:GP / Alfa Romeo 17
8 Nordic Fine Art 14
9 Elgh Motorsport 7
10 KMS - Kristofferson Motorsport 4

Manufacturers' Championship
Pos Manufactures Pts
1 BMW 139
2 Honda 93
3 Volvo 72
4 Chevrolet 38
5 Peugeot 24
6 Alfa Romeo 22
7 Seat 20
8 Audi 17

Semcon Cup
Pos Driver Team Pts
1 Tobias Johansson MB Sport 98
2 Dick Sahlén Team Caliber 84
3 Viktor Huggare Huggare Racing 36
4 Joakim Ahlberg BMS Event 33
5 Mikael Eklund Team Nya Åkeriet Örebro 5
6 Tobias Tegelby Tysslinge Racing 5
7 Ronnie Brandt Brandt Racing 4

References
  1. "STCC: 2008 calendar released with street race". TouringCarTimes. Archived from the original on January 13, 2008. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  2. "STCC Förarmästerskap 2008". STCC. Archived from the original on 2009-04-10. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
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